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Re: New Manager / What it means for the youth?

By MC6/5/2024 13:21Mon May 6 13:21:21 2024In response to New Manager / What it means for the youth?

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I really hope we can bring through youth players for various reasons and agree that it's probably our only strength right now but:

(a) we've already signed six ex-Walton lads so the "It’s not a game of FIFA where you can sign who you like. These players are elsewhere and likely happy" has aged badly in a week

(b) the Mourinho comparison is a bit daft - those players were on multi-year contracts worth tens of millions and a move to another country is a big deal. Non-league players are usually out of contact and they'd be moving a 20min drive down the road. Besides, post-Chelsea Mourinho had most of the season off, and then managed Inter for two years before he went to Real, so not a good comparison anyway.

I find just signing most of the manager's previous side a bit tinpot and I don't really know how we have the budget for it, but it worked pretty well under Hayden and if the new lads want to join their old manager having already worked under him, that strikes me as a good thing.

Particularly pleased by the return of Mitchall Gough who always struck me as a good defender and a nice lad.

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